My current work in progress:

Segel Progress

I am happily knitting along on my Segel wrap, and at this point I have worked through 1 complete set of gradients:

I am loving how it looks and how nice the yarn is knit at a looser gauge.

I enjoyed reading the comments on my last post about Loki and his desire to take over all horizontal surfaces in my home, particularly the suggestion that he might need a cat tree or two. Trust me, he has plenty of furniture that belongs to him. My cleaning lady refers to the living room as “Loki’s playground.”

Here’s another photo of the Little Prince:

He is lying on top of my jewelry armoire. Note that it is turned so that the drawers are facing the wall. That’s because one evening I watched as Loki reached down with one chubby paw and pried open a drawer, removed a piece of jewelry, and dropped it to the floor. It was then I realized why I had found a wristwatch in my foyer upon returning home from work the previous day.

Coincidentally, the piece of jewelry I saw him select was a brooch in the shape of a cat.

We have a calico that used to take things and hide them under our daughter’s bed.
She had a whole nest of stuff under there. Barretts, inkpens and things like that.
Our orange girl likes to knock things off of tables and carry balls of paper around. And she loves to sit on my lap while I knit. Great knitting buddy.
How big has Loki gotten? He’s so fluffy!

I had to laugh about your armoire being turned aroun. I had to do the same
to my desk when my daughter was small. I did everything to keep out of the
drawers. So finally I just turned it around. Made it hard when I had to use
my desk.

A few days ago, I was reading a pet care website, theoretically written by veterinarians and “pet experts”. One article there stated the main reason pet caregivers must be responsible about the food they provide is that “cats can’t open cabinets and feed themselves”. I actually LOL’d (pretty rare for me). I guess the author and editor don’t watch cat videos. In the real world, I met a cat that not only opens the fridge door, but the crisper drawer as well to get at fresh greens, esp. spinach. I sometimes struggle with my crisper drawer and I have opposable thumbs!
So, Loki opening a drawer to augment his toys: Yep, I believe. And yes, I’m still looking for a pet care website I can trust.

Our guy has been known to push into the lower corner carousels in the kitchen and sit in the back corners, and to try to open the kitchen cupboards by hooking his toes over the top of the cabinet doors. Our daughter’s bedroom furniture has such good glides on the drawers, that he found he could open them, thus explaining the bra or other things found lying on the floor. We put baby latches on the drawers to keep him out.

I had a beloved feline who would get into my husband’s tool box and drag out washers, small screw drivers, pipe fittings–anything she could get into her mouth. I couldn’t figure out how the tools were ending up in the living room until I saw her diligently yanking a pair of needle nose pliers toward her kitty bed.

Yes, Loki is adorable. I have 3 furry boys including one with 2 extra toes on each front paw and 1 extra on each rear. I dread the day he learns to coordinate their use. And his first Christmas. My personal decorating style tends to include vignettes and other decorative stuff on flat surfaces. Having a cat or three will cure you of over-decorating. I’m now in the “less is more” camp.

Yes, that little guy is totally adorable! And smart, too. Does he let you pet his tummy? A couple of ours do, and a couple don’t. Your knitting is lovely, and I really like those colors. Have a wonderful week Wendy! BessBess´s last blog post ..My Sentiments Exactly

The scarf I
s beautiful. I do like that colour. But I think Loki is stealing everyones heart and your entire house! There is something so precious about a chubby paw foot fluff! He is in deed a beauty!

My kitty used to jump on top of the counter then on the top of the fridge, and knock all the cereal boxes down to the floor. My german shepherd of course helped himself to the spoils. This happened a couple of times. I’m convinced they were working together. Sure wish I had videotaped it.

Ah Loki! I had a very active cat who also like to swat all things off flat surfaces. I don’t recall her taking anything out of a drawer, but I’ll bet she could have if she’d tried. When she was with us, I sewed, quilts and clothes for my then little daughter. This involves some round things that are just great when they hit the floor when knocked by a paw off a higher surface — they hit with a clunk and then roll around like crazy with a long tail coming out. Our cat endlessly batted my spools of thread. I learned never, ever to leave them out, a habit I still keep, even though she hasn’t been with us for quite a while. Loki and the jewelry in the drawer however may be the best cat mischief story I’ve head yet.

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